On November 10, 2022, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a Final Rule in the Federal Register (87 Fed.Reg. 67765-67783). ...
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Developments At OPM
Developments at OPM: Proposed Fair Chance Act Rule Helps ‘Ban the Box’
by coricohen | Apr 29, 2022 | Developments At OPM
Developments at OPM: On April 27, 2022, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a Proposed Rule with Request for Comments in...
Developments at OPM: Final Rule on Religious Compensatory Time
by coricohen | Jun 6, 2019 | Developments At OPM
Developments at OPM: On April 29, 2019, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management issued a final rule in the Federal Register concerning...
Developments at OPM: Guidance on Furlough and Use-or-Lose Leave
by coricohen | Jan 10, 2019 | Developments At OPM
Developments at OPM: On January 10, 2019, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued new guidance to clarify the effects of the...
Developments at OPM: Guidance on Executive Order
by coricohen | Oct 11, 2018 | Developments At OPM
Developments at OPM: On October 10, 2018, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued Interpretive Guidance on implementation of...
Developments at OPM: Proposed Rule on Administrative Leave
by | Jul 14, 2017 | Developments At OPM
Developments at OPM: On July 13, 2017, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published a Proposed Rule in the Federal Register...
Exceptions to the federal hiring freeeze
by coricohen | Feb 27, 2017 | Developments At OPM
Do you qualify for a federal hiring exemption or promotion? The federal government is under a hiring freeze instituted in January by...
4 reasons for job applicants to self-identify as disabled
by coricohen | Feb 9, 2017 | Developments At OPM, Discrimination
New DOL form geared toward federal contractor hiring compliance The U.S. Department of Labor is urging applicants to voluntarily disclose...
Are you wrongly classified as a federal employee?
by coricohen | Jan 4, 2017 | Classification And Pay Issues, Developments At OPM
Government personnel have the right to appeal misclassification The U.S. Department of Labor has cracked down on misclassifying...
Can I get a federal job with a criminal record?
by coricohen | Aug 29, 2016 | Developments At OPM, News On Security Clearances
Having a criminal record does not automatically bar a person from most federal government positions. It does make it harder to get your...